Tuesday, May
18, 2010
Twins Minor
League Weekly
And Quick Notes
UPDATE – This
week’s Twins Minor League Weekly podcast just wrapped up. I thought it
was a really good show. Josh Whetzel, the voice of the Rochester Red
Wings, was a tremendous guest. Travis Aune and
I discussed each of the Twins affiliates in detail… and then after the Live
portion of the show, we counted down our Top 5 Twins prospects as of today and
discussed each of them, so be sure to listen to that. If you have any feedback
on tonight’s podcast, previous podcasts or what you would want to hear in
future podcasts, please feel
free to e-mail me.
I have been having some computer/connection issues the past couple of
days, so I apologize for lack of posts here at SethSpeaks.net. That doesn’t
mean that I haven’t been busy (outside of my normal 8-5 duties).
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First of all, at 10:00 CST tonight, Travis Aune and I will host this
week’s episode of Twins Minor League Weekly. We will be joined by the
voice of the Rochester Red Wings, Josh Whetzel. We will discuss all four
of the Twins full season minor league affiliates as well. So, tune in and let
us know what you think.
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In case you missed it on Sunday night, I did host
the SethSpeaks.net
Weekly Minnesota Twins Podcast. Topper Anton from Curve for a Strike was at all three
Twins/Yankees games in NYC this weekend, so we got his first-hand account of
the series. He was followed by Jason Collette of Dock of the Rays and Fanball.com, who
discussed his Tampa Bay Rays and the AL East. Finally, we discussed some of the
Twins top prospects and performers in their minor league system with Josh
Johnson of Josh’s Thoughts.
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Then on Monday night, I joined Travis Aune on the Travis
Talks Minnesota Sports Podcast to talk about more Twins minor league
transactions which took place on Monday.
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On Monday, I posted a StarTribune.com TwinsCentric blog called Who
Can Help noting several players in AAA Rochester who could help the
Twins if needed. Of course, in it, I mentioned several players, and when the
Twins announced a transaction tonight (Tuesday), it was a player I forgot to
mention. The Twins promoted Jeff Manship to
the big leagues as an extra arm out of the bullpen for this Boston series. Manship provides the Twins with a guy who can eat a lot of
innings if necessary. Matt Tolbert was optioned back to Rochester. When JJ
Hardy comes off the Disabled List in a couple of days, a pitcher will
likely be demoted. It could be Jeff Manship,
or maybe it could be that Jesse Crain is Designated
for Assignment. As a long-time fan of Crain, someone who has been supportive of
him and his stuff, and of patience following the shoulder surgeries he went to,
I finally agree that the time has come. I still believe in Crain and his stuff,
but now I fully believe that he needs a change of scenery, maybe a move to the
National League. I still believe he can be a very good reliever.
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I also posted my thoughts on yesterday’s minor
league transactions on my secondary site (talkintwinsbb.wordpress.com) since
this page wasn’t working. That is the site that allows comments. That is the
site that contains the RSS feed. I was able to blog about being Perplexed by the demotion of Joe Benson. I won’t
repost here, but be sure to click on the link to read that short blog post.
Thanks for all your support and continued
readership. Have a great day! Leave
any comments here.